Triple LNB DTV on DISH?

[mondoguitar]

I was seriously thinking of buying a Blackbird receiver, just have a couple questions first.

1. Has anybody purchased one, and they are NOT happy, for whatever reason?

2. Can I use my DTV Triple LNB dish to pick up the 3 DISH sats, since they are in the same locations roughly?

Thanks in advance.

[Semper]

I been reading about a problem with them lately !! They also have been zapped somehow?? If I find the info again, I'll send it on..

[mondoguitar]

It must depend on the model or firmware possibly, because I just got a PM giving it 2 thumbs up. I also heard something about "blackbird" and "ECM"... so i'm a little confused.

Do you have to change keys manually EVERY time, or just the first time and then they autoroll?

Thanks.

[borg1]

A cheaper alternative might be the Fortec Lifetime.
As far as your triple LNB dish, here is a c&p from a few posts down:

The new 'phase 3' dishes have a built in DTV (read sw21) switch.
This is not compatible with dick. Dave uses sw21 switches, dick uses DiSeq switches.
The old DTVplus dishes have an attached external sw21 switch which can easily be bypassed to use one bird for dave and the other two for dick. Run the 101 dish straight to your DTV receiver. You will then need to connect the 110 and 119 lnb thru a DiSeq switch which dick's equipment can actuate.

I believe (but am not 100% certain) that the 'special sat c lnb' is an lnb which will only get left-hand polarity (dick also uses this bird, but he also uses the right-hand polarity transponders).

Theoretically the new 'phase3' dishes should work although only get half the dick channels on the 110 sat if you are willing to crack the case and bypass the internal sw21 switch. Seems like a lot of work when you can still get the old DTVPlus (or 'Para Todos') dishes.

[normsbro]

charlie has been taking out those ird's with a nasty ecm, check out the dish/bev forums for more details